period to his life. He was prepared for the summons of his Lord, and his end was peace.

T. A.

April 2d.-At Kensington, Mrs. Ellen Ince, widow of the late Mr. Thomas Ince, of Lowton, Lancashire, and mother of the late William Ince, Esq., of Southampton-street, London. Mrs. Ince, whose maiden name was Bradburne, was born at Northwich, in Cheshire, in the year 1769, and in early life was convinced of sin, chiefly by means of the Liturgy of the Church of England, to the use of which she was accustomed. In her distress she inquired of all around her, "What must I do to be saved?" and was taken (it is thought by a servant of her father) to the Methodist chapel. Here she found a people as much in earnest for salvation as herself, and soon became a member of the Society and from that time, having found peace of mind through faith in the blood of the Cross, she walked in the fear of the Lord, and the comfort of the Holy Ghost, adorning her Christian profession with whatsoever things are lovely, pure, and of good report, for the long space of sixty-seven years. In her youth she literally gave up all for Christ; and in her benign and beautiful old age, she testified that she had received a hundred-fold in return. She had a family of thirteen children, nine of whom preceded her to heaven; but amidst all her domestic engagements she found time for the daily reading of the holy Scriptures and for prayer. Her devotional habits were such, that she may be said to have "prayed with all prayer;" latterly spending many hours of every day upon her knees before the mercy-seat of God. She took great delight also in public worship, retaining through life a strong attachment to the Liturgy from which she had derived such great benefit in her early days. Her heart was exactly attuned to the confession, the litany, the collects; and she felt that they expressed with unrivalled force and beauty the prevalent feelings of her sanctified mind and heart. reached the age of eighty-four years with her faculties unimpaired. The death of her lastsurviving son, twelve months ago, affected her much. She murmured not; but her strength declined. On the Monday before her death, being observed to sit in quiet silence in the midst of her family, one of them inquired what she was thinking of. She replied, "If I must tell you, I was thinking of William: what a glorious state he is in, free from his weak and suffering body, in the presence of his Lord! And I very often think of him. We shall not be parted long." On the following Thursday she became suddenly ill; but lingered till Sunday, in the full possession of her mental powers. In the morning of that day she read the Scriptures for two hours, chiefly Isaiah; and then, giving the book to one of her daughters, exclaimed, " Glory be to God in the highest, for His great love in dying for sinners!" Having read her HymnBook for some time in the afternoon, she repeated the lines,

"We all are forgiven for Jesus's sake,

She

Our title to heaven His merits we take;" and then said, "Now let me rest; I think I can

go to sleep" and in a few minutes, without uttering even a sigh, she slept in Jesus. She died on the first anniversary of her son William's interment, leaving to the surviving members of her family a rich inheritance in her prayers, and in her holy example.

H. G. L.

April 3d.-At Cheetham-Hill, in the seventyeighth year of her age, Mrs. Martha Burrows. For upwards of thirty years she was in communion with the Wesleyan Methodists. During her last illness, which was of eight days' continuance, her soul was kept in sweet submission to the Divine will. Her language was, "My Jesus hath done all things well. All my happiness is in Him." "He is my All in all." "His rod and staff they comfort me." T. B.

April 5th.-In Hull, at the house once occupied by the philanthropic Wilberforce, James Henwood, Esq., in his seventy-first year. His death occasioned a deep sentiment of regret among all classes, by whom he had been deservedly held in high esteem as a genuine Christian. The mainspring of all those virtues which gave him so high a place in public estimation, was true religion. He had been a consistent Methodist for more than half a century, and had faithfully discharged the duties of Local Preacher, Circuit-Steward, and Class-Leader. By his death the poor have lost a friend ever as willing to listen to their tales of distress, as prompt to supply counsel and pecuniary aid. As a public man, he did honour to the principles he professed by an unblemished reputation in all the transactions in which, as a banker, he was largely concerned; and his character for equity, as a Magistrate, was equally conspicuous. He was a liberal-minded man; and, while a Conservative in politics, he was a jealous defender of the rights of Englishmen. As he lived, so he died, in the possession of a lively faith in the truths of revealed religion, and of a hope full of immortality. His death was sudden at the last, after repeated attacks of acute spasm of the chest, connected with disease of the heart. During those paroxysms of intense agony, he exemplified the triumph of faith in its sharpest conflicts, by a cheerful resignation to the will of God, kissing "the rod," and adoring "Him who had appointed it." H. S.

April 6th.-At Donamore, in the Maryborough Circuit, Mrs. M. A. Dugdale, relict of the late John Dugdale, Esq. Early in life she sought and found "redemption in the blood of Christ," and throughout a course of over fifty years maintained an unsullied Christian character. Hers was unostentatious but consistent piety: she desired to "sit at the feet of Jesus, and hear His words." Attached to Methodism as the instrumentality by which she was led to "the Cross," she identified herself with it at a time when such a course involved singularity and odium, and was afterwards the means of introducing its Ministers into the locality where she lived. Her last illness was short, and the closing scene peaceful. Reposing on the Christian sacrifice, she "fell asleep." W. G.

April 10th.-At Fisherton, in the Salisbury Circuit, Mr. Joseph Harding, aged sixty-three years. He was born on March 2d, 1791, the day on which the venerable Wesley escaped to "the palace of angels and God." While quite a youth, he was convinced of sin, and began to seek religion. It was during a gracious revival with which Salisbury was favoured more than forty years ago, that it pleased the Lord to bestow upon him, more clearly, a sense of His pardoning love. Henceforth he laid himself out for greater usefulness, and became a most diligent, acceptable, and useful Local Preacher. As a Class-Leader he was equally distinguished by faithfulness and affection, and was rendered an eminent blessing. To the end of his Christian career, he was a beautiful example of "whatsoever things are lovely," and "of good report." In the world and in the church he glorified God; being "diligent in business," and "fervent in spirit.' He enjoyed in a high degree the confidence of his brethren; he lived in their warmest affections, and died universally regretted. A long and painful illness, borne with great Christian patience, was the instrument by which Providence was pleased to bring him to "the house appointed for all living." Grace triumphed, and his end was eminently peaceful. R. G.

April 12th.-At Exeter, in the fifty-sixth year of her age, Grace, the beloved wife of George Sercombe, Esq. At twelve years of age she became decided for God, and from that early period she held fast her confidence, and the rejoicing of the hope, firm unto the end." In the various relations of life she manifested great integrity and kindness. To the poor she was a liberal contributor, and to the Ministers and institutions of Wesleyan Methodism, an ardent and constant friend. Her sudden removal is severely felt by a bereaved family and an afflicted church. But they are sustained by the assurance that their loss is her eternal gain.

J. S.

April 16th.-At Hocker-Hill, in the Wednesbury Circuit, Ann, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Catterick, aged thirty-four. She had been a consistent member of our church from her childhood. During the last two years her sufferings were often very severe; but her mind was kept in peace, being stayed upon the Lord. She often longed for inore abundant joy in the Lord; and, as her earthly career approached its termination, the desire of her heart was granted. Her faith in Christ, having been strengthened during her affliction, enabled her to rejoice with joy unspeakable in the prospect of future glory. One of her last expressions was, "How good the Lord is thus to visit me, when I have no power to call upon Him!"

C.

April 27th.-At Armyn, in the Howden Circuit, Edmund Thompson, Esq., of Scarborough, aged seventy-two years. He was deeply convinced of sin, when a young man, under a ser

mon by the late Dr. Newton in his own barn; and for half a century he maintained an exemplary and blameless character, adorning his Christian profession, and abounding more and more in all " the fruits of righteousness." He was truly a benefactor of the poor, a generous supporter of religious and philanthropic institutions, and a pillar of the church. Soon after his conversion he began to call sinners to repentance; and he continued until the close of his career a Local Preacher and Class-Leader of no ordinary abilities and usefulness. He was an ardent lover of Methodism, and of its Ministers. A month before he died, he was seized with congestion of the brain, and inflammation of the chest. During the course of his illness many gracious sayings fell from his lips. Shortly before he fell asleep he said: "I rest on the atonement! the atonement! I am a poor, shattered creature; but God will not forsake me

April 30th.-At Clarence-Lodge, Shirley, near Southampton, aged fifty-four, Elizabeth, the beloved wife of George Laishley, Esq. She descended from a family that feared God, and wrought righteousness. Her mother was one of the excellent of the earth, a pattern of Christian simplicity. The effect of her example, influence, and prayers was early seen in the formation of her daughter's lovely Christian character, which became increasingly marked and attractive as she passed through the various stages of life. As a daughter, wife, mother, friend, she was distinguished by "whatsoever things are true," "honest," "just," 46 pure,' ,"lovely," and "of good report." She walked humbly with her God." Diffident, and accustomed to take lowly views of herself and of her attainments, at the same time generous, upright, and transparently consistent, she was ever found resting on the one Atonement, and "looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life." There are few whose removal would be so felt by the poor of Shirley. From early life her attachment to the means of grace, private, domestic, social, and public, was strikingly manifest. During the last twenty years she was called to drink deeply of the bitter cup in the form of family and personal affliction. But she was sustained by the promises of holy writ, and by communion with God. The attack of the last enemy was most sudden. Mrs. Laishley had gone into Southampton, accompanied by her eldest daughter, on the morning of Saturday, April 29th: she was seized with apoplexy in the carriage; in a few minutes was deprived both of speech and consciousness; and the next morning, at about seven o'clock, she was numbered among them who sleep in Jesus." T. W.